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The Best Shakespeare Resources For Your Homeschool: A Mom’s Guide

Teaching Shakespeare can be intimidating! The good news is, this mom’s guide to the best Shakespeare resources for your homeschool has everything you need to get started. And, studying Shakespeare with your children can be fun! The Best Shakespeare Resources For Your Homeschool: A Mom’s Guide With homeschool resources, teaching guides, encouragement and even art […]

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A Homeschool Mom’s Spring Guide to Awesome April Activities

Lean into making sweet memories with your children with a homeschool mom’s spring guide to awesome April activities. Plant some seeds, play outside, be creative – all while learning! A Homeschool Mom’s Spring Guide to Awesome April Activities There are so many ways to take advantage of beautiful spring days in your homeschool. In our […]

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in HomeSchooling&middot Nature Studies

The Many Benefits of Homeschooling

Sometimes we just need to stop and dwell on the many benefits of homeschooling. Here is a list to get you started. A list created during a regular sort of week homeschooling multiple ages. The Many Benefits of Homeschooling Sunshiney days are always good for homeschool, wouldn’t you say? This day of spring sunshine I […]

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How to Make Seed Tapes For Your Homeschool Garden the Frugal Way

Here is how to make seed tapes the frugal way! My middle granddaughter and I just made some spring-time seed tapes like the ones in pricey seed catalogs. We decided that $14.00 was much too much to pay for this convenience, so we made our own! We used plain toilet paper! I made some tapes […]

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Early Spring Flowers Homeschool Nature Study Activities

Spring flowers are in abundance now. All around the yard, in a glass in the middle of kitchen table and lining the roadsides. Those brilliant yellows, oranges and whites are highlighted by spring blue sky or are freshly washed after rain. Sometimes, they are offered up to me by little hands. “The best things are […]

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Homeschool Mom Tips For Making Fine Arts Fun

Here are some day to day ideas and easy how-tos for making fine arts fun for the entire family! These homeschool fine arts plans are the resource that brought delight and joy to our days. It is what we all looked forward to when I was homeschooling all five of my children. It is what […]

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March Inspiration for Homeschool Moms: Learning Activities And More!

Here is a big list of March inspiration for homeschool moms. It’s time to kick off spring, to notice beauty and to switch things up in your homeschool schedule. March Inspiration for Homeschool Moms March marks the time of year when everything begins to turn green, from the tip-tops of trees with fresh buds and […]

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10 Homeschool Science Fair Project Ideas

Enjoy this overview of 10 homeschool science fair project ideas. Like the display boards we love, these science fair projects are all an extension of what we were already studying in science. It was afternoon quiet time on a Tuesday. My daughter pulled… them… all… out. She set them up for display. All of the […]

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This simple recipe paints such a vivid picture of the resurrection story. Resurrection rolls and this simple recipe from my friend Kim have quickly become a family Easter tradition.

in Faith & Gratitude&middot Family Life&middot HomeCooking&middot Southern Recipes

How To Make Resurrection Rolls for Your Easter Homeschool

This simple recipe paints such a vivid picture of the resurrection story. Resurrection rolls have quickly become a family Easter tradition. How To Make Resurrection Rolls for Your Easter Homeschool Ever since Little Sanctuary posted the Resurrection rolls instructions, we look forward to this tradition. (Thank you, friend!) Making Resurrection Rolls for Your Easter Celebration […]

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Your Spring Homeschool Nature Study: Beautiful Birds Nests

There are so many wonderful homeschool resources for birds nests in your spring nature study! These are some of our favorites. Nests are each unique and colorful! Bird Nest Art Lesson Activities For Your Spring Nature Study Oh wow. Gorgeous. That’s what we all said when Nana came in with her latest chalk pastel of a […]

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Helpful Habit: How to Act Like Homeschoolers

Here is how to act like homeschoolers with an example of an upside down day with evening homeschool, a field trip, movies for history, plenty of outside time and more! There really isn’t a magic formula for acting like homeschoolers. I just really wanted to share how you have the freedom to tailor your homeschool […]

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A Homeschool Mom’s Guide to Fun February Learning

This is a perfect month to jump into a homeschool mom’s guide to fun February learning and remind ourselves of the joys of homeschooling and make some memories together! “The incredible gift of the ordinary! Glory comes streaming from the table of daily life.” ~ Macrina Wiederkehr This Homeschool Mom’s Favorite Tips for February Learning […]

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What a January Homeschool Routine Looks Like For Multiple Ages

Are you returning to a routine in your January homeschool? Here is an example of how the first two weeks of January can go for a homeschool family with multiple ages from first grade to a high school junior. We are roughly two weeks into our January homeschool here in our Hodgepodge homeschool. Here is […]

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